Charles:
Ditto. My city’s library system has 30 copies of Chernow’s new book and a waiting list of about 140. So, borrowing a copy from the library will take the rest of next year. On the up side, Christmas is only three weeks away.

Gordon Rhea’s On To Petersburg, was a great book to me as it covers the Grant-Lee battle between Cold Water and Siege of Petersburg from 15-18th, an area very thin in literature so great education for me. Also besides Chernow’s started Grant’s annoted autobiography and it’s full of great info. Before Rhea’s I reread Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D. White’s collaboration Chancellorsville’s Forgotten Front, also a book about a subject that’s very thin so A+, researched writing, great maps and pics! Merry Christmas!

Two recommendations:
A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War by Williamson Murray & Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh. You might not think we need another single-volume history, but this one is really good.
For something different: Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History by John Fabian Witt. Centered on the Lieber Code and the Civil War, but a thorough review of the laws of war. Fascinating.